Conference USA Member History

Where did they all come from?

(or... where is TCU this week?)

1880s

 

 

1885
                                       IND      

1886
                                            

1887
                                            

1888
                                            

1889
                                            

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1890s

 

 

1890
                                    

IND

IND
      

1891
                                          

1892
                                          

1893
                  

IND
                      

1894
                                        

1895
        

IND
         IND                    

1896
                  

SIAA
                 IND  

1897
        

IND
                            

1898
                

SIAA
                  

1899
                                  

1880s ~ 1890s ~ 1900s ~ 1910s ~ 1920s ~ 1930s ~ 1940s ~ 1950s ~ 1960s ~ 1970s ~ 1980s ~ 1990s ~ 2000s ~ 2010s ~ Key

1900s

 

 

1900
        

IND
        

SIAA

IND
              

IND

IND
      

1901
      

IND
                        

IND
  

1902
                                

1903
                                  

1904
                                  

1905
              

IND
                  

1906
                                  

1907
                                    

1908
              

 IND
              

 IND
    

1909
                                

1880s ~ 1890s ~ 1900s ~ 1910s ~ 1920s ~ 1930s ~ 1940s ~ 1950s ~ 1960s ~ 1970s ~ 1980s ~ 1990s ~ 2000s ~ 2010s ~ Key

1910s

 

 

1910
      

 IND

IND
        

SIAA
                

IND

IND
  

IND
  

1911
                              

OHIO
    

1912
          

IND
 IND

 IND
         IND    

IND
  

1913
      

IND
  

TIAA
              

1914
        

OCC
   IND        

KIAA

TIAA
  

1915
      

 LIAA
  

SWC
      

TIAA
    

1916
                  

1917
                        

1918
                      

SWC
      

1919
      

IND
  

IND

OCC
  

IND
          

1880s ~ 1890s ~ 1900s ~ 1910s ~ 1920s ~ 1930s ~ 1940s ~ 1950s ~ 1960s ~ 1970s ~ 1980s ~ 1990s ~ 2000s ~ 2010s ~ Key

1920s

 

 

1920
      

 LIAA
 IND 

IND 
  

SWC

IND

SIAA

OCC
  

IND
    

IND

SWC
  

IND

OHIO
  

TIAA
  

1921
                

SIAA

IND
  

1922
        

SoCon
          

1923
                

SWC
  

1924
                  

1925
      

WV
IAC
  TIAA          

BUC
  

1926
      

SIAA
            

1927
                  

1928
              

MsVC
    

1929
        

Big4
          

1880s ~ 1890s ~ 1900s ~ 1910s ~ 1920s ~ 1930s ~ 1940s ~ 1950s ~ 1960s ~ 1970s ~ 1980s ~ 1990s ~ 2000s ~ 2010s ~ Key

1930s

 

 

1930
      

SIAA

WV IAC

TIAA
  

SWC

IND

SoCon

Big4
  

 IND
    

MsVC

SWC
  

IND

BUC

SIAA

SWC
  

1931
      

LONE
  

SIAA
          

1932
  

IND
              

1933
    

BUC
  

SEC

MVC
          

1934
                

1935
        

BIAA
    

SIAA
    

1936
                

1937
                

1938
              

IND
  

1939
    

LIC

IND
            

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1940s

 

 

1940
  

IND
  

LIC

IND 

LONE
  

SWC

SIAA

SEC

MVC
  

BIAA
    

SIAA

SWC
  

IND

IND

SIAA

SWC
  

1941
              

IND
  

1942
        

IND
      

IND
      

1943
                          

1944
                          

1945
                    

IND
    

1946
  

 IND
  

IND
  

IND
     LONE  

KIAA
  

1947
  

NSC
          

MAC
  

1948
    

 GSC
  

 GSC
      

OVC
  

1949
    

OVC

GCC
      

GCC
  

 IND
  

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1950s

 

 

1950
  

NSC
  

 GSC

OVC

GCC
  

SWC

 GSC

SEC

MVC
  

BIAA
  

GCC

IND

SWC
  

IND

MAC

IND

SWC
  

1951
          

MVC
    

1952
    

IND
  

IND
        

1953
            

IND
  

1954
    

MAC
          

1955
              

1956
              

1957
    

MVC
        

MVC
  

1958
              

1959
              

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1960s

 

 

1960
  

NSC
  

 GSC

MAC

MVC
  

SWC

IND

SEC

MVC
  

IND
  

IND

IND

SWC
  

IND

MVC

IND

SWC
  

1961
              

1962
  

IND
            

1963
              

1964
            

MVC
  

1965
  

SoCon
            

1966
      

IND
        

1967
              

1968
        

WAC
  

MVC
    

1969
    

 IND
          

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1970s

 

 

1970
  

SoCon
  

 GSC

 IND

MVC
  

SWC

IND

IND

MVC
  

WAC
  

IND

MVC

SWC
  

IND

IND

MVC

SWC
  

1971
    

 SLC
          

1972
              

1973
              

1974
          

IND
    

1975
    

 IND
        

 IND
  

1976
          

SWC
    

1977
  

IND
  

IND
IAA
          

1978
    

SoCon
          

1979
          

IND
III
  

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1980s

 

 

1980
  

IND
  

SLC

SoCon

 IND
  

SWC

IND

IND

MVC
  

WAC
  

SWC

IND

SWC

IND
III

IND

IND

IND

SWC
  

1981
            

1982
          

IND
II
  

1983
    

 SLC
        

1984
            

1985
            

1986
      

IND
      

1987
    

IND
IAA
      

Death Penalty
  

1988
            

1989
    

 IND
      

SWC
  

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1990s

 

 

1990
  

IND
  

 IND

SoCon

 SLC
  

SWC

IND

IND

IND
  

WAC
  

SWC

IND

SWC

IND
IAA

IND

IND

IND

SWC
  

1991
      

IND
III
    

1992
          

1993
    

Big
West
  

IND
IAA
    

1994
          

1995
    

IND
      

1996
    

IND

Big
West
  

WAC

CUSA

CUSA

WAC

IND
  

CUSA

CUSA

WAC

IND

CUSA

CUSA

WAC
  

1997
  

CUSA
  

MAC
    

IND
IAA

1998
        

CUSA

1999
      

CUSA
  

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2000s

 

 

2000
  

CUSA
  

IND

MAC

Big
West
  

WAC

CUSA

CUSA

WAC

CUSA

WAC
  

CUSA

CUSA

WAC

IND

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA

WAC

IND 1AA

2001
    

WAC

SBC
    

CUSA

IND

2002
  

IND
IAA
    

MAC

2003
       CUSA

2004
      

2005
  

SBC

CUSA
  

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA
  

CUSA

CUSA

 IND

Big
East

Big
East

MWC

Big
East

2006
      

2007
      

2008
      

2009
  

IND FCS
  

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2010s

 

 

2010
  

CUSA

SBC

WAC

CUSA

SBC

IND FCS

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA
  

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA

 IND

Big
East

Big
East

MWC

Big
East

2011
  

 CAA

IND FCS

2012
  

WAC

BE*
& XII

2013

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA

CUSA

Big
East

Big
East

Big
East

Big
East

 XII

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

1880s ~ 1890s ~ 1900s ~ 1910s ~ 1920s ~ 1930s ~ 1940s ~ 1950s ~ 1960s ~ 1970s ~ 1980s ~ 1990s ~ 2000s ~ 2010s ~ Key

KEY

Symbol
 Conference Name
(linked if still in existance)

Schools that have been members
IND Independent All teams. If no division is given, it is Divison I (pre 1977) or I-A/FBS (1977-present).

SIAA
 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tulane, Louisville, Southern Miss, Memphis, La Tech
OHIO
Ohio Athletic Conference		 Cincinnati
KIAA Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association Louisville

TIAA
 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Rice, TCU, SMU, North Texas

LIAA
 Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association La Tech

OCC
 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference Tulsa
SWC Southwest Conference Rice, SMU, TCU, Houston
 BUC Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Cincinnati, Marshall
SoCon
Southern Conference		 Tulane, East Carolina, Marshall
WVIAC
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference		 Marshall
MsVC Mississippi Valley Conference Memphis

Big4
 Big Four Conference Tulsa

SEC
Southeastern Conference		 Tulane

MVC
Missouri Valley Conference		 Tulsa, Houston, Cincinnati, Memphis, Louisviile, North Texas

BIAA
 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association UTEP

LIC
 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference La Tech
LONE
Lone Star Conference		 Houston, North Texas
MAC


Mid-American Athletic Conference
 Cincinnati, Marshall, UCF
NSC North State Conference/Carolinas Conference East Carolina

GCC
 Gulf Coast Conference Houston, North Texas

OVC
Ohio Valley Conference		 Louisville, Marshall
GSC Gulf States Conference Southern Miss, La Tech

SLC

Southland Conference

La Tech, North Texas
WAC 
Western Athletic Conference		 UTEP, Rice, SMU, TCU, Tulsa, La Tech, UTSA

Big West

Big West Conference

La Tech, North Texas

CUSA
Conference USA		 All Teams
MWC
Mountain West Conference		 TCU

SBC
 Sun Belt Conference North Texas, FIU
Big East
Big East Conference

Cincinnati, Louisville, USF, TCU*, UCF, Houston, SMU, Memphis

*=TCU joined, but left before playing a game in conference

 XII

Big XII Conference 
 TCU

CAA

Colonial Athletic Conference
 Old Dominon

Notes: this flow chart currently only follows the football memberships of the various schools. Some schools have been in one conference in some sports while in another or an independent in football. All dates are based on information from the College Football Data Warehouse. If you see an error, please contact me.